Old Ben Coal Co. v. Prewitt’s Empirical Analysis
755 F.2d 588 · 1985
Citation profile
60 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently December 2018 · most notably Kertesz v. Crescent Hills Coal Co. (1986), Sahara Coal Company v. Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor and Floyd McNew (1991)
60 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 902 · 30 U.S.C. § 921 · 30 U.S.C. § 932 · 33 U.S.C. § 921
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc. · Bumble Bee Seafoods v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · Peabody Coal Co. v. Benefits Review Board · Wilson v. Benefits Review Board
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n the absence of definitive medical conclusion[s]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,' ... whether or not technically black lung disease (pneumoconiosis), fits the statutory definition, which is broader than the medical [definition].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“at the time of death [the] miner was not partially or totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.